Red = Apollo
Blue = Phoenix
Yellow = Athena
Green =?
Chapter 1
Courtroom No. 4
Date: July 2, 2027, Time: 3:24 pm
Blue
"I find the defendant not guilty." The gavel hit its sound block, and the case is officially over.
I was in the gallery watching over the trial as my two employees defended their client. The defendant was accused of murdering his mother with a letter opener. He was the first at the crime scene with his hands covered with blood. The defendant claimed that he was trying to save the victim. The claimed motive was that the defendant killed the victim because the victim was in the way of getting inheritance from the defendant's recently deceased grandfather. Apollo had found the real will hidden within the coffin at the funeral home, stating that the defendant was going to inherit his money. There was no more motive. In the end, the defendant was framed by his own father, the witness. The witness was the one who read the real will first, and so he forged a fake one so that it would go along with his plans, but it was foiled by Athena's analytical psychology. She was able to determine the anger within the witness' heart towards the defendant. The witness wasn't angry that the defendant had murdered the victim, but anger towards the defendant getting the inheritance, the will. The decisive evidence towards the witness murdering the victim was the witness' right hand pinky ring. When the victim was found, there was an impression on her ring finger, stating she was wearing the ring when she died, but it was missing. The witness' greediness caused his own demise. The defendant was questioned at what the ring looked like and it was a simple gold band with the witness' name engraved on it. During the trial, the witness was reluctant on letting the court observe his pinky ring, but he had to, and it was exactly how the victim's wedding ring was described. In the end the witness confessed to murdering the victim because she had found out about his plans so he had to kill her before the plans were leaked.
"Good work Apollo," I said as they were coming out of the courtroom.
"Thank you, Mr. Wright," Apollo had said gleefully. "Though I couldn't have made it without Athena's mood matrix."
"Aww don't be modest Apollo. It was you who caught the witness wearing the victim's ring." This time it was Athena's turn to compliment. She turned to me and gave me a wink. "After a well-deserved victory we should go out for a well-deserved meal at Eldoon's Noodles."
"What's with you and salty noodles?" Apollo thoughtfully asked. "It's like you're-"
"APOLLO!" A yell came and said person was tackled down. It was the defendant he probably had come here to thank us. He got off of Apollo to let him get back up. "Sorry about that 'Pollo."
The defendant's name was Aquila Noticed. He's 18 years old, older than he acts, and he's even shorter than average, 5'3. His striking features includes short blonde hair and emerald colored eyes. We had met with him, on occasions, as he's a friend and a fan of Trucy and her magic shows. A month ago when his grandfather was in the hospital, he frequently visited the office stating that it was too stressful being in his own home. We didn't mind of course, the more the merrier. But I get the feeling that it's about something else.
"I'm here to say thank you," Aquila looked towards the side, "for everything."
"It's no problem, that's what-" I was cut off by him.
"I really mean it. If it weren't for you guys. I probably wouldn't be here right now... since..." His eyes grew dark, "we are in the dark times of the law."
I had to agree. Prosecutor Payne was just trying to pin everything on the defendant with the false charge. But no matter how incriminating the evidences were the defense never once doubted the defendant.
"No worries, Aquila. We'll always believe in you and all of our clients." Apollo said while getting up. Aquila was smiling now.
"So you're going to Eldoon's Noodles? Well count me in!"
Everyone left except for me. "Aquila can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure Mr. Wright what is it?" Aquila had his smile on his face. My face has gotten serious. He noticed and tensed up suddenly becoming nervous. "What… What is it that you want to talk about?"
"Why is it that you started to come to the office more often?" Once I've asked the question, I saw everything go black except for chains and five psyche locks. I was surprised, really surprised.
"I… uh… well…" He was stuttering, but he regained composure in less than a second, "it's like I've said before, 'I don't like being at my home.' Is that a problem?"
"Of course it isn't, you're welcome to come by anytime." I had to play it off. I now know he's hiding something, but I had to leave it as is. I didn't have enough evidence to present. "C'mon let's go before they leave us."
~*~ Wright Anything Agency
Date: July 14, Time: 12:00 pm
Yellow
A week later Aquila started visiting again. We were all used to him coming over, but it just felt strange. Ever since I've met him his voice is always full of discord, but I don't know why, and I want to do something about it, but I didn't know how. One day he came to visit, but it was only me. Apollo had left to go meet his friend, and the Wrights left to do some father-daughter bonding.
"Hey Athena, is it just you today?" I heard Aquila's voice from the door.
"Yup just me, Apollo went to go visit a friend, and the Wrights went to go bonding."
"Haha so they left you alone." Aquila chuckled.
I was a bit angry at Apollo because he couldn't wait for me so we could go see him together. "If only Apollo had waited for me then I would've went with him to go see his friend too."
"His... friend?" I heard the discord.
"...Apollo talks about him a lot and he keeps saying that he would introduce him to us but he never gets the chance to." I paid closer attention to him this time.
"...His friend..." There it was again. "What's his name?"
"His name? Hmm... If I remember clearly it was... Clay, Clay Terran." I watched him carefully. His face was in thought.
"Well, since no one's here, I'm going to go back to visit my younger sister." The same discord was in his voice, but did I hear him clearly?
"You have a sister?" How did we not find that it from the last case?
He nodded, "yup, during my trial she was with my uncle. There was a lot of yelling at the house when my grandfather was in the hospital, so my mother decided to let my sister stay with my dad's brother."
I was surprised. "How old is she?"
"She is 8 years young, and her name is Eva, Eva Noticed." Aquila was smiling now. "Well I better go and see how she's doing."
I've noticed that he had less discord as he was talking about his younger sister, but there was still discord nevertheless. Now time to think what the discord was about. I thought about it and all I could point out is that his sister have him comfort with the subject he was troubled about. Argh! Why can't I figure it out?
A/N: This is eventually be Apollo x OC, so sit back and enjoy the first chapter. I will be periodically updating the story every Sunday since I have already finished the story... and it is un-beta'd but I proofread it like multiple times, so bear with me if you find any mistakes. And if you have figured I modeled the text after the game. It made things flow easier when I was writing. Finally! Comments, Flames, and Criticisms, are welcomed.